Is Jerry inching closer to getting rid of Wade?

ARLINGTON – Jerry Jones reiterated after the Cowboys’ latest embarrassment that he isn’t going to make a coaching change midseason, but he hinted strongly that he could start looking for Wade Phillips’ post-2010 successor.

“There is no way I can rest, sleep and eat well with a diet of that right there,” Jones said, referring to the team’s disgraceful performance. “If you look at what we are about, our team, our stadium, the pride I have in this franchise, you know it doesn’t digest.

“We have to do something that changes this on the field.”

Jones also talked about what an asset the players are. There wasn’t much of that talk in regard to Phillips and his staff.

“There are some players in here. There is some character in this room,” Jones said. “I have a lot of things to think about as far as the foundation is concerned in terms of what to do. And what I want to do is not only help these assets in this room be better. I want do it as quick as I can next week.”

He also talked about being willing to make some tough choices.

“I don’t think there is anybody in the world that would doubt that I’m willing to do something hard or willing to do something that doesn’t feel good to me. This isn’t about that,” Jones said.

Firing Phillips would be hard for Jones. He genuinely likes Wade and has rooted hard for him to succeed.

“I know this is about one percent meat what I’m saying here and 99 percent of whatever else you want to call it,” Jones said. “The bottom line is no I do not know the answer

I suspect it is not one answer. I suspect it’s a lot of answers. I want to emphasize that it is so fragile because we have serious asset here. We have a tremendous investment not just in terms of salary and dollars and cents, but we have a investment with the combination of veteran players and young players.

“I’ m dealing with that as though as I was dealing with some heart surgery. I can tell you that that much.”